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In its five-year span, which totalled twenty-five races, 125 eligible driver spots, and 124 eligible fans (one fan qualified twice, winning neither), the million dollar bonus was won thirteen times. Jeff Gordon won it a record four times. Including his 1997 Winston Million victory, Gordon won a total of $5 million from the bonus program.
Jeff Gordon is an American racing driver who drove in the NASCAR Cup Series full-time from 1993 to 2015, winning 93 Cup Series races and four Cup championships. Gordon made his stock car debut in the NASCAR Busch Series on October 20, 1990, at North Carolina Motor Speedway for Hugh Connerty, crashing out on lap 23 and ending up with a 39th-place finish. [1]
This would be the 3rd and final time in his career that Jeff Gordon would win 3 straight NASCAR races (last 2 races of 1998 and 1st race of 1999). This was the first Winston No Bull 5 race of the season. Jeff Gordon won the million-dollar bonus. This was Jeff Gordon's 2nd Daytona 500 win in 3 years.
Gordon held off a hard-charging Dale Earnhardt, denying Earnhardt a million-dollar bonus as being eligible for the No Bull 5 program in this event. The race marked the third and final win for Gordon in 2000, the lowest winning total for him since 1994. First time since 1994 that Jeff Gordon failed to win back-to-back races.
Gordon owns JG Motorsports to manage licensing, and the company received up to 20 percent of Gordon-licensed products. Such items produced $112 million in 1998. [15] Gordon owns a dealership, Jeff Gordon Chevrolet, located in Wilmington, North Carolina, and was opened in 1998.
Jeff Gordon, winner of 93 Cup Series races and a four-time champion, feels Larson is quite a talent as a road racer. “Because he drives the wheels off of it,” Gordon said. “I think if you're ...
With this win, Jeff Gordon ties a NASCAR modern-era record with Richard Petty for the most wins in a single season. This feat was accomplished first by Petty in 1975. As of 2021, this is the second and last time that a driver won 13 races in a season. Also, as of 2024, Jeff Gordon is the last driver to win more than 10 races in a single season.
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